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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs are curling their moustaches and donning special jerseys for an awareness game Sunday afternoon. The Cubs are holding a Movember-inspired awareness game at the Kinplex when they host the Ponoka Stampeders. The 3 p.m. game will feature special jerseys in an effort to recognize men’s health month of November. Medicine [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Who knew maple bugs would not be the only orange and black insect causing a nuisance this fall. The injury bug that has burrowed its way into Co-op Place and the Medicine Hat Tigers’ lineup has been, in layman’s terms, a real pest. From an early injury to defenceman Josh Van Mulligen during a [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Ethan Neutens got a welcomed first taste of Tigers’ hockey. The newest member of Medicine Hat’s WHL club had a welcoming debut in the orange and black, suiting up for the first time as a Tiger in a 5-1 win Nov. 15 over the Victoria Royals at Co-op Place. Neutens, acquired from the Kelowna [...] Read More »

On an evening showing the first signs of winter, the Medicine Hat Tigers allowed the final goal of the night. The Tigers carried a 2-1 lead into the third period of action at Edmonton’s Rogers Place before the Oil Kings scored a pair of goals to beat the Tabbies 3-2. Medicine Hat came into the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Regina Pats moved the biggest fish in the WHL trade market Thursday morning. The Pats traded 18-year-old forward Tanner Howe to the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for 17-year-old Reese Hamilton, forward Keets Fawcett, a second-round pick in 2027 and a third-round pick in 2025. Howe, who turns 19 on Nov. 26, was in [...] Read More »

The recently retired Andy Murray is going to team up with longtime rival Novak Djokovic as his coach, they both announced Saturday, with plans to prepare for – and work together through – the Australian Open in January. It was a stunning bit of news as tennis moves toward its offseason, a pairing of two [...] Read More »

MALAGA, Spain (AP) – Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won matches Saturday in front of a supportive crowd to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final. Sinner extended his tour-level winning streak to 24 singles sets in a row by beating No. 9 Alex de Minaur 6-3, [...] Read More »

CHONGQING, China – Canadian figure skaters Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won ice dance silver at the Cup of China on the Grand Prix circuit Saturday. Lajoie and Lagha captured their second medal of the Grand Prix season after also claiming silver at Skate Canada in Halifax. The Canadians scored a season-best 205.16 points. World [...] Read More »

NAGANO, Japan – Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won ISU World Cup gold in the women’s 3,000-metre long track competition Saturday. The 34-year-old skater from Ottawa led the race from start to finish, posting the fastest split time for each lap to clock four minutes 3.76 seconds at the first event of the World Cup season. [...] Read More »

Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal. “I hope out of a really tough situation, this is a turning point for our game,” she wrote in an Instagram post via her verified account. “There has been a standard and precedent [...] Read More »